The Mechanical Properties of Wood, by Samuel J. Record, M.A., M.F

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Author

Record, Samuel J. (Samuel James), 1881-1945

Title

The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing

Credits

Produced by Curtis Weyant, GF Untermeyer and PG Distributed Proofreaders. Scans provided by Case Western Reserve University's Preservation Department www.cwru.edu/UL/preserve/general.htm

Language

English

LoC Class

TA: Technology: Engineering and Civil engineering

Subject

Wood -- Testing

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Text

eBook-No.

12299

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12299

Release Date

May 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD
2. 2.THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD — Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing — BY — SAMUEL J. RECORD, M.A., M.F. — ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FOREST PRODUCTS, YALE UNIVERSITY — FIRST EDITION FIRST THOUSAND 1914 — BY THE SAME AUTHOR — Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States. 8vo, vi + 117 pages, 15 figures. Cloth, $1.25 net. — TO THE STAFF OF THE FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY, AT MADISON, WISCONSIN IN APPRECIATION OF THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED AND COURTESIES EXTENDED THE AUTHOR
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.PART I THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD — INTRODUCTION — FUNDAMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS AND DEFINITIONS — TENSILE STRENGTH — COMPRESSIVE OR CRUSHING STRENGTH — SHEARING STRENGTH — TRANSVERSE OR BENDING STRENGTH: BEAMS — Beams — Stiffness of Beams — Strength of Beams — Kinds of Loads — Application of Loads — Failures in Timber Beams — TOUGHNESS: TORSION — HARDNESS — CLEAVABILITY
6. 6.PART II FACTORS AFFECTING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD — INTRODUCTION — RATE OF GROWTH — HEARTWOOD AND SAPWOOD — WEIGHT, DENSITY, AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY — COLOR — CROSS GRAIN — KNOTS — FROST SPLITS — SHAKES, GALLS, PITCH POCKETS — INSECT INJURIES 37 — MARINE WOOD-BORER INJURIES — FUNGOUS INJURIES 39 — PARASITIC PLANT INJURIES. 46 — LOCALITY OF GROWTH — SEASON OF CUTTING — WATER CONTENT 48 — TEMPERATURE — PRESERVATIVES
7. 7.PART III TIMBER TESTING 56 — WORKING PLAN — FORMS OF MATERIAL TESTED — SIZE OF TEST SPECIMENS — MOISTURE DETERMINATION — MACHINE FOR STATIC TESTS — SPEED OF TESTING MACHINE — BENDING LARGE BEAMS — BENDING SMALL BEAMS — ENDWISE COMPRESSION — COMPRESSION ACROSS THE GRAIN — SHEAR ALONG THE GRAIN — IMPACT TEST — HARDNESS TEST: ABRASION AND INDENTATION — CLEAVAGE TEST — TENSION TEST PARALLEL TO THE GRAIN — TENSION TEST AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE GRAIN — TORSION TEST 64 — SPECIAL TESTS — Spike-pulling Test — Packing Boxes — Vehicle and Implement Woods — Cross-arms — Other Tests
8. 8.APPENDIX — SAMPLE WORKING PLAN OF THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE — MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOODS GROWN IN THE UNITED STATES — Working Plan No. 124 — PURPOSE OF WORK — MATERIAL — DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS — RECORDS — PHOTOGRAPHS — SHRINKAGE AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY — Appendix to Working Plan 124 — PURPOSE OF WORK — MATERIAL — RADIAL AND TANGENTIAL SHRINKAGE — VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE AND SPECIFIC GRAVITY — STRENGTH VALUES FOR STRUCTURAL TIMBERS — (From Cir. 189, U.S. Forest Service)
9. 9.BIBLIOGRAPHY — Part I: Some general works on mechanics, materials of construction, and testing of materials. — Part II: Publications and articles on the mechanical properties of wood, and timber testing. — Part III: Publications of the U.S. Government on the mechanical properties of wood, and timber testing. — PART I. SOME GENERAL WORKS ON MECHANICS, MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION, AND TESTING OF MATERIALS — PART II. PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD, AND TIMBER TESTING — PART III. PUBLICATIONS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD, AND TIMBER TESTING — MISCELLANEOUS — FOREST SERVICE — REPORTS OF TESTS ON THE STRENGTH OF STRUCTURAL MATERIAL, MADE AT THE WATERTOWN ARSENAL, MASS.
10. 10.INDEX
11. 11.FOOTNOTES

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